Bahujanahitāyāti mahājanassa hitatthāya. Bahujanasukhāyāti mahājanassa sukhatthāya. Lokānukampāyāti sattalokassa anukampaṃ paṭicca. Katarassa sattalokassa? yo bhagavato dhammadesanaṃ sutvā paṭivijjhati. Amatapānaṃ pivati, tassa bhagavato hi dhammacakkappavattanasuttadesanāya aññātakoṇḍaññappamukhā aṭṭhārasa brahmakoṭiyo dhammaṃ paṭivijjhiṃsu. Evaṃ yāva subhaddaparibbājakavinayanā dhammapaṭividdhasattānaṃ gaṇanā natthi. Mahāsamayasuttaṃ maṅgalasuttaṃ cūḷarāhulovādasuttaṃ samacittasuttanti imesaṃ catunnaṃ suttānaṃ desanākāle abhisamayappattasattānaṃ paricchedo natthi,
Evaṃ anāgatepi bhavissatīti adhippāyena vadati. Devamanussānanti na kevalaṃ devamanussānaṃyeva, avasesānaṃ nāgasupaṇṇādīnampi atthāya hitāya sukhāya bhagavato ṭhānaṃ hoti. Sahetukapaṭisandhike pana maggaphalasacchikiriyāya bhabbapuggale dassetuṃ evaṃ vuttaṃ, tasmā aññesampi atthatthāya hitatthāya sukhatthāya bhagavā tiṭṭhatūti attho. Tattha atthāyāti idhalokasampattiatthāya. Hitāyāti paralokasampattihetubhūtahitatthāya. Sukhāyāti nibbānadhātusukhatthāya. Purimaṃ pana hitasukhaggahaṇaṃ sabbasādhāraṇavasena veditabbaṃ.
Yathā taṃ mārena pariyuṭṭhitacittoti ettha tanti nipātamattaṃ, yathā mārena pariyuṭṭhitacitto ajjhotthaṭacitto aññopi koci puthujjano paṭivijjhituṃ na sakkuṇeyya, evameva nāsakkhi paṭivijjhitunti attho. Māro hi yassa keci vipallāsā appahīnā, tassa cittaṃ pariyuṭṭhāti. Yassa pana sabbena sabbaṃ dvādasa vipallāsā appahīnā, tassa vattabbameva natthi. Therassa ca cattāro vipallāsā appahīnā, tenassa cittaṃ pariyuṭṭhāsi. So pana cittapariyuṭṭhānaṃ karonto kiṃ karotīti? bheravaṃ rūpārammaṇaṃ vā dasseti, saddārammaṇaṃ vā sāveti, tato sattā taṃ disvā vā sutvā vā satiṃ vissajjetvā vivaṭamukhā honti. Tesaṃ mukhena hatthaṃ pavesetvā hadayaṃ maddati, tato visaññino hutvā tiṭṭhanti. Therassa panesa mukhena hatthaṃ pavesetuṃ kiṃ sakkhissati, bheravārammaṇaṃ pana dasseti. Taṃ disvā thero nimittobhāsaṃ na paṭivijjhi. Jānantoyeva bhagavā kimatthaṃ yāvatatiyaṃ āmantesi? parato "tiṭṭhatu bhante bhagavā"ti yācite "tuyhevetaṃ dukkaṭaṃ, tuyhevetaṃ aparaddhan"ti dosāropanena sokatanukaraṇatthaṃ. Passati hi bhagavā "ayaṃ mayi ativiya siniddhahadayo, so parato bhūmicālakāraṇañca